From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934324AbXCWW4P (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:56:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S934330AbXCWW4P (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:56:15 -0400 Received: from fmmailgate03.web.de ([217.72.192.234]:45512 "EHLO fmmailgate03.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934324AbXCWW4O (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:56:14 -0400 Message-ID: <06e401c76d9e$f0920430$eeeea8c0@aldipc> From: "roland" To: "Oliver Neukum" Cc: , References: <052c01c76c62$78f7f7a0$eeeea8c0@aldipc> <200703221035.19832.oneukum@suse.de> Subject: Re: [RFC] - Schedule mcdx for removal ? was: warning: #warning You have not edited mcdx.h Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:59:40 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org why not? why should unused code be maintained to death ? if there are discussions about removing features people are still using, i think it should be legitimate to discuss about removing drivers nobody needs anymore.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oliver Neukum" To: "roland" Cc: ; Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 10:35 AM Subject: Re: [RFC] - Schedule mcdx for removal ? was: warning: #warning You have not edited mcdx.h Am Donnerstag, 22. März 2007 10:14 schrieb roland: > i wonder if there still exist any of those devices in functional state in > this world, at least not attached to some system being able to boot > 2.6.21+ - so, maybe mcdx driver is something for > Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt , being removed in 2.6.25 or so > after being announced for some time (i.e. driver telling "i will be gone > soon, go spend those $15 to get a new drive") ? Why? For the sake of sheer removal? Regards Oliver -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) This signature is a legal requirement